No Art On $2 A Day
In memory of Cameroonian artist Goddy Leye (1965-2011).
Art
The narrative of African women
An exhibit attempts to reframe popular perceptions and the image of African women in the United States.
ZAM Goes International
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEe96sQsRg4&hd=1 You know we like the Dutch magazine ZAM. The promised English edition is (almost) here.
'Political Art'
Negar Azimi, in Frieze Magazine, on what the ascendency of ‘political art’ means for art’s actual
'America as … point of reference'
The artist Dawn Okoro (take the link to her blog) on her most recent work: I’ve
A’na Afriki
The connections and shared lineage between Africa and the countries of the Arabian peninsula.
The Race Card
Bridging the Western art world and the West African film industry, London-based artist Doug Fishbone cast
Jeffrey Wright Reads Walt Whitman
This is from a minute ago, but I had to post it as it features part
Google's Art Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPeN3ZNCOE Google’s new Art Project makes use of the street-view technology to take us by the
Anything is Possible for Kentridge
If you haven’t seen this documentary (trailer above) on South African artist William Kentridge yet, take
The Kaddu Wasswa Archive
Dutch photographer Andrea Stultiens met Ugandan Kaddu Wasswa in 2008 through his grandson, photographer Arthur Kisitu.
Out my window
Out My Window is a 360° online documentary and the first release from the HIGHRISE project,
Mother Russia
New York City artist Maria Buyondo grew up in Russia and Sweden, the child of a Russian mother and an Ugandan father.
'The Janitor'
When the Johannesburg Art Gallery bought one of Mr. [Gerard] Sekoto’s paintings in 1940, they had
City One Minutes
When sleepless I often find myself browsing through time and space, moving from Johannesburg’s CBD to
Enjoy Poverty
How Euro-Americans - directly and indirectly - interact with the Congolese: only as victims.
Zwelethu Mthethwa @ The Studio Museum
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_ri7XJik0&w=500&h=281&rel=0] Via Todd Johnson: Opening on Thursday, July 15, at the Studio Museum in Harlem, some